He wasn't even the first African Roman emperor (that would be Geta and Caracalla's father, Septimius Severus). The gold earrings that Washington wears in "Gladiator II" aren't just Hollywood ...

Gladiator 2 takes place 16 years after the ... They were the sons of Septimius Severus, who was Rome’s emperor from 193 to 211, and his second wife Julia Domna. Severus named Caracalla as ...

Judging by movies like Gladiator and Spartacus ... In 200 AD, the Emperor Septimius Severus banned women from gladiatorial games, which suggests the practice did exist, although it may not ...